Carmen Maldacena

Directora Subir y Bajar

AEM Meets in Buenos Aires

Mercosur Elevator Association discusses plans for South American markets. Brazilian members of the Asociación de Elevadores del Mercosur (AEM) traveled to Buenos Aires to meet with their Argentine peers and...

Expoelevador 2014

Brazilian and Argentine companies are seeing competition from China as expo continues to grow. On August 12-13, Centro de Exposicões Imigrantes in São Paulo, Brazil, hosted the fifth iteration of...

Rolling Out the Red Carpet

ThyssenKrupp Elevadores outfits Brazilian stadiums, airports for FIFA World Cup. photos by Juá Pita/Divulgação (Brasilia) and Stephane Senne (Guarulhos) The roar of Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) World Cup...

MELCO Elevadores do Brasil Inauguration

Mitsubishi Electric begins Brazilian business After a long and deep analysis of the Brazilian elevator market, the Japanese company Mitsubishi Electric Corp. acquired 90% of the shares of Brazilian manufacturer...

Schindler Presents PORT to Argentina

Schindler gathered a group of the country’s building-industry professionals to punctuate the launch of its new product there. The presentation of Schindler’s Personal Occupant Requirement Terminal (PORT) technology in Argentina...

ExpoElevador 2012: The Latin American Elevator Expo

This biannual São Paulo, Brazil, show boasted 150 exhibitors, an increase of more than one-third over its 2010 version. ExpoElevador, the biannual Brazilian expo dedicated to the vertical-transportation industry, took...

Elevator Workshop in Chile

Executives and professionals gathered at Expomin 2012 to discuss the industrial and mining lift industry. A workshop on the use of lifts and freight elevators for industrial and mining industries...

Infolev’s 20th Anniversary

Headquartered in São Paulo, this company celebrates its experience manufacturing electronic controllers and components. Brazilian company Infolev commemorated its 20th birthday in December 2011 with a month full of celebrations....

ThyssenKrupp Elevadores Supplies Bourbon Shopping Wallig in Brazil

Various vertical-transportation units were provided for this shopping center, which opened in the midst of Brazil’s shopping-center boom. The Bourbon Shopping Wallig in Porto Alegre, Brazil, capital of the Rio...

The Sleeping Giant is Awake: An Update on the South American Elevator Market

A general update on the country’s growing vertical-transportation sector When the South American elevator market debuted at Interlift 2007, your author described the region as “The Sleeping Giant” (ELEVATOR WORLD,...

ECE Industries Celebrates 80th Anniversary

ECE Industries Celebrates 80th Anniversary

ECN, Dewhurst Launch LiveLift Smart Screen Experience

ECN, Dewhurst Launch LiveLift Smart Screen Experience

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In Memoriam: Charles Larry Hyde

KONE Modular Lift Installed at Network Rail Testing Site

KONE Modular Lift Installed at Network Rail Testing Site

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Baker City Receives Grant for Elevator in Historic Building